WARNINGS It is most important that this instruction book “ The inner lining of the appliance consists of chan- should be retained with the appliance for future nels through which the refrigerant passes. If these reference. Should the appliance be sold or trans- should be punctured this would damage the appli- ferred to another owner, or should you move ance beyond repair and cause food loss.
INSTALLATION Changing the opening direction of the If this appliance featuring magnetic door seals is to replace an older appliance having a spring lock doors (latch) on the door or lid, be sure to make that The opening direction of the doors can be changed on spring lock unusable before you discard the old these appliances.
Important Warning The centre hinge can be moved horizontally by about A top seal is supplied loose with the appliance; this 3 mm to allow alignment of the doors, as follows: seal must be fitted before inserting the appliance into the recess (the holes for fixing it are pre-drilled).
Appliance door opening device (Fig. 4-5) The accessories pack supplied with the appliance contains a device to allow the kitchen unit and appli- ance doors to be opened simultaneously. Fig. 5 The device con- sists of guide (A), blocks (B), secur- i n g s c re w s a n d block covers (C).
Operation Bananas, potatoes, onions and garlic, if not packed, must not be kept in the refrigerator. Insert the plug into the wall socket. Open the refrigerator door and turn the thermostat Movable shelves knob, clockwise, beyond the «O» (STOP) position. The walls of the refrigerator are equipped with a series The appliance will start to operate.
Freezing fresh food Storage of frozen food The 4-star compartment ( ) is suitable for long When first starting-up or after a period out of use, be- term storage of commercially frozen food and for fore putting the products in the compartment let the freezing fresh food.
Defrosting The freezer compartment, however, will become pro- gressively covered with frost. This should be removed Frost is automatically eliminated from the evaporator with the special plastic scraper provided, whenever of the refrigerator compartment every time the motor the thickness of the frost exceeds 4 mm. compressor stops, during normal use.
MAINTENANCE Interior light Unplug the appliance before carrying out any maintenance operation. The light inside the refrigerator compartment is easy to get at through the opening in the light holder. Periodic cleaning If the light does not come on when the door is open, check that it is screwed into place properly.
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